#E9DC74#E9DC74

#E9DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.126 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC74
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -9.02, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 52.97, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0268 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.126 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3517, 69.7731, 26.7027)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC74 #7481E9

analogous

#E9A174 #E9DC74 #BBE974

triadic

#E9DC74 #74E9DC #DC74E9

tetradic

#E9DC74 #74E9A1 #7481E9 #E974BB

square

#E9DC74 #74E9A1 #7481E9 #E974BB

split-complementary

#E9DC74 #74BBE9 #A174E9

monochromatic

#C4B11F #E1CF3F #E9DC74 #F1E9A9 #FAF7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E9DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC74

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC74	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.126 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e69e',
    500: '#e9dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc74;
$custom-light: #f2e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88383,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC74

secondary

#404FC1

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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